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Poole faces more counts



A federal grand jury added tax evasion and other charges Thursday to the corruption case against Ruffin Poole, a key aide to former Gov. Mike Easley. The new charges add dozens of years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines to the potential penalties hanging over Poole's head.
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School suspensions lead to legal challenge



CHOCOWINITY, N.C. — As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart.
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A state payday for Dex One


The state giveth and the state taketh away. That was the message of a Thursday meeting from the committee that oversees the state's incentives programs.   Read More
DOT -- Bridge wasn't feasible


Asked to referee a fight between a powerful coastal senator and an environmental group, the state Department of Transportation has sided with the senator. Mostly.   Read More
The empire strikes out
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Speaking of StatesNew York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.   Read More
Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer


A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.   Read More
An alternative to 'alternative' assets


Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?   Read More
Congress does repair job on stimulus school construction plan


Last December, we reported in USA Today [1] that a plan to subsidize billions of dollars in school construction under the stimulus bill had largely flopped. Now, Congress has passed a fix to get the program back on track. President Obama signed the bill today.   Read More
Bill on personnel records planned


Personnel information on salaries, disciplinary actions and hiring decisions for public employees could be more available to taxpayers under legislation a Republican leader says he will seek to introduce in the coming session.   Read More
GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill


WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.   Read More
Legislators' grades weighted - heavily


The N.C. Association of Educators, an organization of mostly teachers, released its grades for legislators Thursday.   Read More
Grant to aid work of stem cell groundbreaker


An internationally known pioneer in using umbilical cord stem cells will research novel cerebral palsy treatments thanks to a $10.2 million gift to Duke University.   Read More
Good weather may accelerate I-40 rockslide clean-up


ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Crews trying to stabilize a mountainside to prevent future rockslides along a closed portion of Interstate 40 in North Carolina say the weather is finally right for getting a lot of work done.   Read More
Governor Photo
 
Gov. Beverly Perdue (D)
Elected: November 2008
Term expires: January 2013

 

State capital: Raleigh
State nickname: The Tar Heel State
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (D)
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D)
Attorney General Roy Cooper (D)
Senate President Pro Tempore: Marc Basnight (D)
House Speaker: Joe Hackney (D)

 

 

 

 


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